Publisher: Charles River Editors
Lord Byron was an English poet who became one of the leading figures in the Romantic Movement. Byron is still considered to be one of the most influential poets in history. This edition of The Siege of Corinth includes a table of contents.
Gothic Poetry by poet and short story writer Rachel LawsonLost In The Shadows Of The Past I am lost and forgotten as a living being, Lost in the grim dark shadows of death, I live in legend and as a vague memory of life, I am as I was but am nothing but dust and bone, A mere curiosity of a life lived, a requiem. Lost in the shadows of the past, forgotten to timeShow book
Eve's eyes are green like guacamole, she has posh hair, a freckle on her chin (it might be chocolate), and when she puts her hand on Elle's arm… Bloody Elle – A Gig Musical is a heart-warming and belly-achingly funny story about falling in love for the very first time, stuffed full of stomach-flipping, time-stopping moments, touches, glances, kisses. Written and originally performed by Lauryn Redding, this one-person gig musical, set to an original score, was first performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in June 2021. It was directed by the theatre's Joint Artistic Director Bryony Shanahan and co-produced with Rebel Productions.Show book
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of August 2010.Show book
SPLIT is a poetry book written by Alfred Harrell and the first published project by Listen Black Media. Alfred is bold in his imagery and direct in his storytelling. The deepest family secrets are being revealed in hopes to incite the riot needed to encourage change and healing. You see his courage as he speaks of his personal accounts of trauma, discovery, self-rediscovery, and even the rebirthing of himself into true manhood. The audiobook is narrated by a cast of actors that capture the gravity and immenseness of Alfred's words.Show book
The Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs du Mal) is a collection of poems by Charles Baudelaire influential on several levels. Fellow artists were impressed and unsettled when it was published in 1857; one described the effect as “immense, prodigious, unexpected, mingled with admiration and some indefinable anxious fear”. Admirers included Victor Hugo and Gustave Flaubert, who wrote “you are as unyielding as marble and as penetrating as English mist”. The general public, however, was scandalized by the themes of sex and death and frank treatment of subjects such as lesbianism, which led to a prosecution of Baudelaire, his publisher and printer for offenses against publish morals. The conviction resulted in a fine and the removal of six poems. A second edition was released in 1861 that deleted the offending poems and added 35 poems, including a new section, Parisian Scenes, which described the effects of modernization symbolized by the identical streets and buildings taking shape during the renovation of Paris and a resulting alienation and estrangement as well as a sense of loss. On a stylistic level, the collection introduced a kind of highly ordered prose poetry and the use of a cynical and ironic voice that broke with Romantic traditions by acknowledging moral complexity, urban corruption, loss of innocence, and indulging in sensual and aesthetic pleasures. The work captures the fleeting sense of life and beauty in the emerging urban industrial world for which Baudelaire coined the term modernity and has had a lasting influence that continues to be an inspiration to this day.Show book
Sophocles' play recounts an episode from the Trojan War, in which the wily Odysseus and Achilles' son Neoptolemus travel to a remote island to persuade Philoctetes to come with them to Troy. A prophet has foreseen that the Greeks will need Philoctetes and his bow (given to him by Heracles before his death) in order to defeat the Trojans. The problem is that years before Odysseus had engineered Philoctetes' abandonment on the island, due to a festering, stinking wound he had received from a snakebite. Will Philoctetes forgive and forget, or will he take his revenge? (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)CastOdysseus: Bruce PirieNeoptolemus: mbChorus: Delmar H. DolbierPhiloctetes: Algy PugMessenger: Martin GeesonHeracles/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettAudio editing: Elizabeth KlettShow book
